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(No ModeL) D. WILLIAMSON. GAR FENDER.

N0. 564,266. Patented July 21, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

DANIEL WILLIAMSON, OF SUNBURY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TOJ. SLAYMAKER AND L. T. ROHRBACH, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-FENDERL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 564,266,dated July 21, 1896.

Application filed March 12,1896. $erial No.5 82,936. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/067%:

Be it known that I, DANIEL WILLIAMSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sunbury, in the county of Northumberland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Car-Fender, of which thefollowing is a specification. I

The invention relates to improvements in car-fenders.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofcar-fenders, and to provide asimple, inexpensive, and eflicient oneadapted to be readily applied to streetrailway and other cars andcapable of automatically setting itself in a position close to theroad-bed to prevent a person or other object from passing beneath it andbeing injured.

A further object of the invention is to provide a car-fender which willbe arrangednormally a sufficient distance above the roadbed to passreadily over the same, and which will be swung downward by anyobstruction between'the rails.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a car-fenderconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a reverse planview of the same. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a fender-frame comprising a front truck 2, located inadvance of a car 3, and a vertically-disposed substantially rectangularnet-support 4, suitably secured to the front of a car at the dashboardthereof, and connected with the true-k 2 by a horizontally-disposedcentrally-arranged reachbar 5, rigidly secured at its rear end to thebottom of the rectangular net-support 4 and pivotally connected at itsfront end to the front of the truck 2 and having a limited play topermit the truck to turn in passing around a curve. An inclined net 6 isarranged on the fender-frame and is secured to arranged on suitablespindles.

the top of the rectangular support 4 at its back, and it has its frontedge fastened to the front of the truck.

The bottom bar 7 of the rectangular netsupport is provided at its endswith journals 8, on Which are arranged wheels 9, adapted to run on thetrack. The truck .2 is provided at opposite sides with wheels 10,arranged on journals 11 of front and rear bars or axles 12 and 13, andthe front and rear bars or axles 12 and 13 are rigidly connected bylongitudinally-disposed bars 15, between which the reach-bar 5 moves.

The fender is provided with an inclined 6 5 hingedly-mounted front 16,adapted to trip a person and cause him to fall within the net. The front16 is composed of a series of inde pendent sections 17, hinged at theirtops to the front of the truck at 18, and provided at their lower facesa short distance from their front ends with rollers 19, journaled inbearin g-openin gs of side plates 20, and the rollers may be providedwith integral journals or be The front of the fender is normallyarranged above the road-bed, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of theaccompanying drawings, and it is supported by a reciprocating frame 21,adapted, when it comes in contact with a person or other object, to moveinward and cause the front of the frame to drop close to the track toprevent a person or other object from getting beneath it.

The reciprocating frame is substantially rectangular, consisting of atransverse front portion and parallel sides, which are arranged inguide-openings 22 of bars 23 and 24; of the truck, and the sides of thereciprocating frame are provided at points intermediate of 0 their endswith inclined angular bends 25, offsetting downwardly the front portionof the reciprocating frame and arranging the said front portion in alower plane than the rear portion. The inclined front of the car- 5fender is supported on the sides of the reciprocating frame by means ofa substantially rectangular frame 26, hinged to the front of the truck,arranged beneath the sections and consisting of a transverse frontportion and longitudinally-disposed arms. The transverse front portionextends laterally from the hinged frame and rests upon the sides of thereciprocating frame, and when the latter is drawn outward, asillustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, the sections whichrest upon the hinged frame are supported in an elevated position byreason of the hinged frame 26 resting upon the rear portions of thesides of the reciproeating frame. \Vhen the reciprocating frame is movedinward, the laterally-extending portions of the hinged frame 26 slidedown the inclined bends 25 and rest upon the lower front portion of thereciprocating frame, whereby the hinged front 16 of the car-fender islowered sufficiently to cause the rollers of the sections 17 to run onthe road-bed. \Vhen the rollers of the sections are arranged on theroad-bed, it is absolutely impossible for a person or any otherobject toget beneath the fender-frame, and the movement of the car forces aperson or other object up the inclined front 16 into the net.

The bar or axle 13 and the bar 24 are recessed between thelongitudinally-disposed bars 15 to bring the upper face of the reachbar25 substantially flush with the upper faces of the bars of thetruck-frame, and the bars 15 operate as stops to limit the swing of thetruck-frame. The bar or axle 12 at the front of the truck-frame isprovided with a mortise or opening, in which the front end of thereach-bar 5 is secured by a vertical pivot 28.

It will be seen that the car-fender is simple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readily applied tostreet-railway cars, and that it is capable of catching a person and ofpreventing him from getting under it.

It will also be apparent that the hinged front of the car-fender isnormally held above the road-bed and that as soon as a person or otherobject contacts with the reciprocating frame the said hinged front willbe lowered to the road-bed, and that as it is composed of separateindependently-hinged sections, each provided with a roller, they areadapted to conform automatically to any inequality of a road-bed.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or saeriicing any ofthe advantages of this invention.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. In a car-fender, the combination of a frame, aninclined front hinged to the frame and composed of a series ofindependentlymovable sections, and a longitudinally-disposedreciprocating frame located beneath and supporting the sections asufficient distance above the track to clear the same, said frameextending in advance of the hinged front and adapted to be engaged andmoved rearward by a person or other object to withdraw the support fromthe hinged front and cause the latter to drop upon the track,substantially as described.

2. In a car-fender, the combination of a frame, an inclined front hingedtothe frame, a reciprocating frame slidingly mounted on the fender,extending outward in advance of the same and provided with an upper rearportion and lower front portion, and means for supporting the hingedfront on the reciprocating frame, whereby, when the latter is movedrearward the inclined front will be lowered, substantially as described.

3. In a car-fender, the combination of a frame, an inclined front hingedto the frame and composed of a series of independentlymovable sections,a reciprocating frame slidingly mounted on the fender-frame, extendingoutward in advance of the inclined front and provided with an upper rearportion and a lower front portion, whereby when the reciprocating frameis moved rearward the inclined front will be lowered, and meanscooperating with the reciprocating frame for supporting the saidsections, substantially as described.

4. In a car-fender, the combination of a fender-frame, an inclined fronthinged to the fender-frame and composed of a series ofindependently-movable sections, a hinged frame mounted on thefender-frame and supporting the sections, and a reciprocatingrectangular frame slidingly mounted on the fender-frame and extending inadvance of the inclined front, and provided at its sides with inclinedbends downwardly offsetting the front portion of the frame, said sidesbeing arranged beneath and supporting the hinged frame,

whereby when the reciprocating frame is drawn outward, the sections willbe raised, and when moved inward the sections will be lowered,substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a car-fender, the combination of a fender-frame comprising a truckprovided with wheels arranged to run 011 a track, a vertically-disposednet-support designed to be secured to a car and provided at its bottomwith wheels and a reach rigidly secured to the bottom of the net-supportand pivoted to the truck, the latter being capable of a limited pivotalmovement, a net secured to the top of the net-support and to the frontof the truck, a series of independently-movable sections arranged at aninclination and hinged to the front of the truck, a reciprocatingrectangular frame slidingly mounted on the truck and consisting of alower front portion and an upper rear portion, and a hinged framemounted on the truck and supporting the sections and resting upon thereciprocating frame, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL WILLIAMSON.

Witnesses:

GEO. B. CADWALLADER, J. O. IRWIN.

